Mop



Jan. 1,1929. 1,697,416

lE. B. POGG'ENSEE MOP Filed Jan. 9, V192s "1 1 Ihv i i ,n ,il iii., "mh,11 Q 'f J www1@MMMNM I i: rre

Patented I ian.

tliall EDWARD B. POGGENSEE, OF CHICAGO, ILLIOIS.

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Application led January 9, 1928.

My invention relates to inops and has for one of its objects theprovision of means added to a inopwhereby the wiping element of the mopmay be wrung without having to be passed through an extraneous wringer.The invention has for another of its objects the provision of meanswhereby the. wiping ele nient of the mop may be shortened, as desired.

ln the mop of my invention there is a spool to which the wiping elementof the mop is secured. A cra-nk is provided for turning the spool, thespool being caused to act as one wringing element or roller, there beingadded another wringing element or roller wit-h which the spool maycooperate inthe wringing operation. The spool also may be turned whilenot cooperating with the wringing element in order to modify theeffective length of t-he wiping element of the mop. y

rlhe inventionwill bemore fully explained in connection with theaccompanying draw ing in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of a mopconstruct-ed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the.invention, portions being broken away and shown in section, the wringingelement or roller being withdrawn out of cooperative relation with thespool; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is asectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a view somewhat similarto Fig. 3 eX- cepting that the wringing roller is pressed intocooperation with the spool; and Fig. 5 is a sectional view on line 5,-5of Fig. 4.

The handle 1 is the mop handle proper. A bail 2 is fixedly secured tothe lower end of said handle. This bail is preferably ina-de of sheetmet-al which is formed into two parallel branches 3 which are in theplane and extend lengthwise of the handle, these` branches being foldedto provide two substantially parallel U shaped grooves 4 that eX- tendlongitudinally of the handle. A spool or roller 5 is journaled upon thelower ends of the bail sides 3, this spool thus being trans- Verse orcrosswise of the handle. This spool is preferably formed of twistedstra-nds of wire between the spira-ls of which the fiber strands of thewiping element 6 are gripped in the process of twisting said wirestrands together. The wire strands are desirably continued upon one sideto constitute a crank 7 which may be provided with a handle 8 wherebythe spool may be turned in the wringing operation or to shorten theeffective length of the wiping element. The base of said spring presses.

Serial No. 245,399.

of the bail 2 is formed with a U-shapedv clip 9 in which the portion ofthe crank 7 adjacent the handle 8 may be caught, the crank springing toone side of said clip when uncaught by the clip due to the resilience ofthe twisted wire ofwhioh the crank is made, as

shown in Fig. 4, rit requiring depression of the crank into said clipagainst theresilience of the wire when the crank is 'to be caught andheld, Figs. 1 and 8. By suitably turning the spool, the wipingA elementmay be spread out to its full length or it may be shortened as desired,the crank 7 being caught by the clip 9 when the desired adjustment ofthe wiping element has. been effect-ed. n

A. second bail l0 is provided upon the handle, this second bail carryinga wringing'element 11 upon the mid portion thereof that is transverseor` crosswisel of the handle, this wringing element being preferably inthe forin of a roller which is journaled upon the second bail. The twobails are relatively adjustable longitudinally ofthe handle, the bail 10being itselfv preferably moved along the handle whereby the wringingroller 11 may be withdrawn from wiping element 6,

Fig. 1, or may be pressed into engagement with saidwiping element, Fig.4. Thesecond bail 10 is preferably formed of stiff wire whoser endportions 10 extend along the handle and are outwardly deflected, asindicated at 102 to constitute hooksgwhich are engagei l able with thebottoni, end wall 12E of the spring barrel 13, which spring barrel4 isYad.- justable along the mopvhandle. rlhe handle 1 is provided withgrooves 1 extending lengthwise thereof in which the bail portions 10 mayslide and which serve to prevent the bail 10 from turning on the handlewhereby the bails 2 and 10 are maintained in the saine general plane.

The hooks 102 also serve as abutment-s forthe lower end of a spring 11ilocated within said spring barrel and spirally wound around the handle 1that passes through the spring barrel. The spring barrel 13 is reducedin diarneter at its upper end to provide an abutnient shoulder-15lagainst which the upper vend The reduced upper continuation 16 of saidspring barrel is in snug sliding lit with the handle 1 and is formedwith an elongated channel 17 therethrough which extends lengthwise ofthe handle and which terminates in bayonet branches 18, 19. The handleis provided with a bayonet pin 20 that projects laterally therefrom andl Ui which may move in the channel 17 and in the bayonet extensions 18,19. When the niop has the adjustment illustrated in Fig. 1, the spring14 is under lsuiiicient comp ession to hold the hooks 102 against thespring barrel wall 12 with suiiicient pressure to maintain the wringingroller 11 in idle position, there then being sufficient space betweenthe wringing roller and the'spool 5 to permit the wiping element 6 to bewound iup sufficiently to shorten the length of said wiping element tothe desired extent. WVhen the mop is to be wrung,the springlbarrel 13turned to bring` tvthe 'bayonet lpin 2O into the channel 17, said springbarrel then `being moved downwardly against the force of the springlta'nd subsequently turned to bring the bayonet pin 2O Ainto the bayonetbranch 18, Fig. 4. lVhen the =Inop is adjusted as illustrated in Fig. a,the wringing roller and spool are .pressedfagainst the wiping elenient=6and the springis placed vunder increased compression whereby saidwringing roller and spool are forcibly pressed against saidwipingelenient. Il tl e spool 5' Vis'now turned consequent 'upon turningthe crank handle 8,'thewiping element oi' the inop may be avrung. Thespring will be crowded upwardly as the wiping element is being wounduponthe spool softh'at the springfliires-v sure is vincreased toincrease the wringing action vor squeezing pressure ort 'the wringingelenientand spool `upon the wipingeleinent.

An important characteristic of `my invenftion resides in holding thelwringimg roller and the spool for the wiping element in spaced apartrelation (Fig. 1), whereby `ainp'le freedom isallow'ed for lthenioveinentfof the wiping element' when the mop'is inuse.

Changes may ybe ymade without ldeparting from the invention.

Having thus described amy invention, AI claim: l

1. In a mop, the combination with a handle; ofa bail, formed of sheetmetal, which is secured at its intermediate portion to the handle andwhose sides are folded to forni two .substantially parallel grooves thatare U shaped in cross section and extend longitudinally of `the handle;a spool journalcd upon said bail and having the wiping element of theinop secured thereto a crank on the spool a second bail carried bythehandle and having its sides received and slidable withinsaid grooves; avwringing roller journaled upon Vthe second bail; aspring` carried bythe handle and pressing upon the. second bail to squeeze saidy wiping`element between said spool and wringing roller as said spool is turned;a barrel for said spring and having an abutmentengaged by `the end ofthe Aspring that is `more remote from said roller; andl ineans Aforholdin 0' saidbarrel :in different positions along the handle to bringthe wringing roller toward or from saidspool.

2. In a mop, Athe combination -wtha h andle 5 -oi a bail which issecured at its vintermediate portion to the handle; a spool journaledIupon said bailand havingthe wiping element of the mop secured thereto,a crank-on'the spool; a second bailfcarried by the handle; awringing`roller journaled y.upon the second bail; a spring carried by the handleland pressing upon the second bail to squeezevsaid wiping elementbetween said `spool and wringing rolleras-said spool is turned;l abarrel for said spring Land having an 1 abutment lengaged by the end of.the-spring that is more remote irorn saidroller; andmeans yforholding.saidbarrel in diiferentpositions along the handleftovbriing the wringingroller `toward or from said spool.

In vwitness whereof, I hereunto subscribe fniy tname.

EDWARD B. POGGENSEE.

